The aim of this project is to propose and design a robot that can help municipalities identify the problems in the existing network of ducts and pipelines before they can lead to disasters like floods, contaminated drinking water, health hazards, etc.

Second Runners-Up : I - Farmer

A mobile robot to perform automatic seeding and moistening the soil after the seeding at a defined space interval. The moistening system also provides flexibility to configure as a standlaone fertilizer/pesticide spraying system which can be extensively used for climbers and small bush plants

Meet the winners of NIYANTRA 2015

Winner : Vihaan - World's first movable Smart Bin

Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad

The Autonomous movable dustbin travels on a predefined path and is programmed to not only stop when someone approaches it to dump waste but also dump the collected waste at a predefined location when it reaches it capacity. To make it affordable and economic in the long run, a LCD screen has been installed in the front so that it can serve as a moving advertisement platform and thereby help earn money for the inventor/business.

Runners-Up : Tennis Tutor

Kumaraguru College of Technology (Autonomous)

A smart ball throwing machine to which a player can never find a sequence of the manner in which he will face the ball. The system has been embedded with features such as Myo and Android App based control to make it even more attractive.

Meet the winners of NIYANTRA 2014

Winner : Rover InDUS (Industrial, Defense & Unmanned Ground system)

Hindustan University, Chennai

InDUS is a rover which is multifunction robot integrated all terrain Drive System, Robotic Arm, GPS Navigation system, Remotely controlled, Data logging , Equipped camera at different position and system is also capable of running through solar power (if surface area of solar panel is increased).

Meet the winners of NIYANTRA 2013

Winner : Autonomous Surface Monitoring Robot

Runners-Up : LabVIEW Based Farm Automation Using Android

Sona College of Technology, Salem

The project proposes a remote controlled robot equipped with a robotic arm and a camera, whose operation will be controlled by an android application (Data Dashboard) or remote Front panel through labVIEW to make easier the task of the farmer by using the various tools of the robot.